Pressing and dampening machine



(No Model.)

D. WALTERS.v

PRESSING AND DAMPENING MACHINE.

No. 350,786. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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PRESSING AND DAMPENING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,786, dated October12, 1886.

Application filed January 6, 1886. Serial No. 187,785. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL XVALTEns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Pressingand Dampening Collars, Cuffs, and other Textile Articles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel apparatus for rapidlyand conveniently pressing and dampening textile articles that are to beimmediately ironedsuch as collars and cuffs; and to such end theinvention consists in the construction and combination of deviceshereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of amachine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of the same, omitting the textile covering of the cylinders toclearly show the perforations therein; Fig. 3, a detail sectional viewof the cylinders, taken on the line a: m of Fig. 2, but showing thecloth coverings to the cylinders.

l n the said drawings the numeral 1 indicates a rectangular base-plate,from each end of which rises a standard, 2, in which are journaled bysuitable boxes. two hollow cylinders, 3, arranged one below the other,and each furnished with numerous perforations, 4., and covered with atextile fabric, 5, the fabric of the cylinders being in superficialcontact, so that an article placed between them at one side when theyare revolving will be drawn through and discharged at the opposite side.The lower cylinder at one end is provided with a driving-pulley, 6,while the two cylinders at the ends opposite the pulley are gearedtogether by gear-wheels 7, so that they may be revolved at uniformspeed. The standards other.

9, which support a water-tank, 9", directly above and, as shown, in thesame vertical plane as the cylinders, said tank having at one end thetwo cocks or valves 10, connected with the two pipes 11, whichrespectively connect by union-couplings 12 with the interior of thecylinders. This is effected in a simple manner by making thejournals atone end of the cylinders hollow, so that they can rotate in theunion-couplings in a manner well known.

The tank being supplied with water, more or less thereof can be causedto flow by gravity through the pipes into the revolving cylinders, fromwhence it passes through the perforations and saturates or impregnatesthe textile covering of thecylinders, whereby the collars, cuffs, orother textile articles drawn between the rollers by their superficialcontact are pressed and dampened in an expeditious and efficient manner.The articlesca-n be delivered direct from the pressing and dampeningcylinders to the ironing devices.

The arrangement of the cylinders and support of the tank in connectiontherewith provides a compact and efficient machine for that purpose, andas the textile coverings of the cylinders are in contact the latterserve to draw the collars or cuffs between them and discharge sucharticles at the opposite side of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim is- The combination of asupporting base-plate, the standards rising therefrom, the perforatedclothcovered pressing and dampening cylinders geared together at one endand journaled in the standards to revolve in superficial coir tact, thewater-tank supported by the standards above the cylinders, and twovalved pipes connecting the tank with the end of the cylinders by unioncouplings, substantially as.

shown and described.

DANIEL XVALTERS. Attest:

O. M. GOTTSCHALL, \V. H. RUssELL.

